Legal

Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how Falhen Media collects, uses, stores, and protects your personal information when you use our website or engage our services.

Effective: 1 January 2024 Last updated: 6 April 2025 Jurisdiction: South Africa / GDPR compliant

1. Information We Collect

1.1 Information You Provide

We collect information you voluntarily provide when you contact us, request a quote, book a discovery call, or subscribe to our communications. This includes your name, email address, phone number, company name, and any project details you share with us.

1.2 Information Collected Automatically

When you visit our website, we automatically collect certain technical information including your IP address, browser type and version, operating system, referring URLs, pages visited, time spent on pages, and device identifiers. This data is collected through cookies and similar tracking technologies.

1.3 Communications Data

We retain records of correspondence when you contact us by email, phone, or through our website forms, including the content of those communications and metadata such as timestamps.

2. How We Use Your Information

2.1 Service Delivery

We use your information to respond to enquiries, provide quotes, deliver contracted video production and media services, manage client relationships, and communicate project updates and deliverables.

2.2 Business Operations

Your data helps us process payments, maintain our accounts, comply with legal obligations, prevent fraud, and enforce our terms of service.

2.3 Marketing & Communications

With your consent, we may send you information about our services, industry insights, and promotional offers. You may opt out of marketing communications at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in any email or contacting us directly.

2.4 Website Improvement

We analyse usage data to understand how visitors interact with our website, identify technical issues, and improve the user experience and content we offer.

3. Legal Basis for Processing

3.1 Contractual Necessity

Processing is necessary to perform a contract with you or to take steps at your request before entering into a contract — for example, when you request a quote or engage our production services.

3.2 Legitimate Interests

We process data where it is in our legitimate business interests to do so, such as improving our services, preventing fraud, and maintaining the security of our systems, provided those interests are not overridden by your rights.

3.3 Consent

Where we rely on your consent — such as for marketing emails or non-essential cookies — you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing before withdrawal.

3.4 Legal Obligation

We may process your data where necessary to comply with applicable laws, regulations, court orders, or requests from regulatory authorities.

4. Data Sharing & Disclosure

4.1 Service Providers

We share data with trusted third-party service providers who assist us in operating our business — including cloud hosting providers, payment processors, email delivery services, and analytics platforms. These parties are contractually bound to process data only on our instructions and in accordance with applicable data protection law.

4.2 Business Transfers

In the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or part of our business, your personal data may be transferred to the acquiring entity. We will notify you before your data is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.

4.3 Legal Requirements

We may disclose your information where required by law, to protect the rights, property, or safety of Falhen Media, our clients, or others, or to respond to lawful requests from public authorities.

4.4 No Sale of Data

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties for their own marketing purposes.

5. Data Retention

5.1 Retention Periods

We retain personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected, including satisfying legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. Client project data is typically retained for seven years following project completion to comply with financial record-keeping obligations.

5.2 Deletion

When data is no longer required, we securely delete or anonymise it. You may request deletion of your personal data at any time, subject to our legal obligations to retain certain records.

6. Your Rights

6.1 Access & Portability

You have the right to request a copy of the personal data we hold about you and to receive it in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format.

6.2 Rectification

You have the right to request correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal data we hold about you.

6.3 Erasure

You have the right to request deletion of your personal data where there is no compelling reason for its continued processing, subject to applicable legal obligations.

6.4 Restriction & Objection

You have the right to request restriction of processing of your personal data in certain circumstances, and to object to processing based on legitimate interests or for direct marketing purposes.

6.5 Exercising Your Rights

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at privacy@fahlenmedia.com. We will respond within 30 days. We may need to verify your identity before processing your request.

7. Security

7.1 Technical Measures

We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. These include encryption in transit and at rest, access controls, and regular security assessments.

7.2 Breach Notification

In the event of a personal data breach that is likely to result in a risk to your rights and freedoms, we will notify the relevant supervisory authority within 72 hours and, where required, notify affected individuals without undue delay.

8. International Transfers

8.1 Cross-Border Processing

Falhen Media operates globally and your data may be transferred to and processed in countries outside your country of residence, including countries that may not provide the same level of data protection as your home jurisdiction. Where we transfer data internationally, we ensure appropriate safeguards are in place, such as standard contractual clauses approved by relevant data protection authorities.

9. Changes to This Policy

9.1 Updates

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technology, legal requirements, or other factors. We will notify you of material changes by posting the updated policy on our website with a revised effective date. Your continued use of our services after such changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

10. Contact Us

10.1 Data Controller

Falhen Media is the data controller responsible for your personal data. If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact our Privacy Team at: privacy@fahlenmedia.com | hello@fahlenmedia.com | Johannesburg, South Africa.